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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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